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Rheinmetall skrev:A European customer country has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply 35mm AHEAD ammunition for the Skynex air defence system. The total value of the order is in the low three-digit million euro range. A six-digit number of cartridges will be manufactured. The Skynex system strengthens the protection of the customer country's armed forces against threats from the air.

Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 11:46 Amerikanska flygplan har dock amerikanska begränsningar, t.ex. att de inte får användas utanför Ukrainas gränser. Gripen har förstås inte denna begränsning.

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 22:33 Gripen innehåller så pass mycket amerikanska komponenter att USA i princip har vetorätt! Bl.a. är motorn RM12 en svensk modifiering av amerikanska General Electric F404J.

Endast Frankrike har en så pass komplett flygindustri att de kan stå fria från sådana överväganden.

Kronen Zeitung skrev:Together with other partners, Paris and Berlin are planning "long-term, comprehensive and inclusive cooperation in the field of long-range stand-off weapons", according to a statement following a meeting of the Franco-German Defense Council in Meseberg (Brandenburg), which was published on Wednesday night.

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 11:59 The Warzone skriver i alla fall om S100 D-donationen: Ukraine Getting Swedish Airborne Early Warning Radar Planes Is A Big Deal

The War Zone skrev:When the aircraft first entered Swedish service they were in an austere configuration known as FSR 890, with all radar data being downlinked to ground stations. Starting in 2009, the aircraft were upgraded to ASC 890 standard, which adds operator consoles for three mission crew: a mission control officer, a combat control operator, and a surveillance operator.

The characteristic ‘balance beam’ radar fairing on the upper fuselage of the aircraft carries the Saab (previously Ericsson) Erieye active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. This can detect a variety of air and sea targets at ranges of up to around 280 miles, with the aircraft typically operating at an altitude of 20,000 feet. Reportedly, the AESA system can track up to 500 surface and 1,000 airborne targets simultaneously.

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Once F-16s are available to Ukraine, the Saab 340 AEW&C will be able to work as a fighter control asset, detecting targets, prioritizing them, and then assigning them to the fighters for interception. The same data can, of course, also be passed on to other air defense assets. However, the F-16 and Western-supplied ground-based air defense systems are most relevant in this regard, since the radar plane is fitted with the NATO-standard Link 16 datalink communications system.

Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 23:50

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 22:33 Gripen innehåller så pass mycket amerikanska komponenter att USA i princip har vetorätt! Bl.a. är motorn RM12 en svensk modifiering av amerikanska General Electric F404J.

Endast Frankrike har en så pass komplett flygindustri att de kan stå fria från sådana överväganden.

Just dessa detaljer har noterats tidigare. Strategisk autonomi har ju länge varit ett politiskt mål för Frankrike. Tyskland har väl snarare drivit en motsatt agenda.

Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 23:50 Paris and Berlin announce weapons partnership

Kronen Zeitung skrev:Together with other partners, Paris and Berlin are planning "long-term, comprehensive and inclusive cooperation in the field of long-range stand-off weapons", according to a statement following a meeting of the Franco-German Defense Council in Meseberg (Brandenburg), which was published on Wednesday night.

Sent ska syndaren vakna! Kan det handla om MBDA:s markbaserade kryssningsmissil JFS-M?

Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 23:50

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 11:59 The Warzone skriver i alla fall om S100 D-donationen: Ukraine Getting Swedish Airborne Early Warning Radar Planes Is A Big Deal

Här är några excerpter ur texten:

The War Zone skrev:When the aircraft first entered Swedish service they were in an austere configuration known as FSR 890, with all radar data being downlinked to ground stations. Starting in 2009, the aircraft were upgraded to ASC 890 standard, which adds operator consoles for three mission crew: a mission control officer, a combat control operator, and a surveillance operator.

The characteristic ‘balance beam’ radar fairing on the upper fuselage of the aircraft carries the Saab (previously Ericsson) Erieye active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. This can detect a variety of air and sea targets at ranges of up to around 280 miles, with the aircraft typically operating at an altitude of 20,000 feet. Reportedly, the AESA system can track up to 500 surface and 1,000 airborne targets simultaneously.

[...]

Once F-16s are available to Ukraine, the Saab 340 AEW&C will be able to work as a fighter control asset, detecting targets, prioritizing them, and then assigning them to the fighters for interception. The same data can, of course, also be passed on to other air defense assets. However, the F-16 and Western-supplied ground-based air defense systems are most relevant in this regard, since the radar plane is fitted with the NATO-standard Link 16 datalink communications system.

Inte illa! Var det inte någon som klagade på den dåliga radarn på Ukrainas F-16-plan?

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 29 maj 2024 20:50 En artikel i ukrainska Defense Express beskriver hur ryssarna framställer artillerigranater - krigets stapelvara - både snabbare och billigare än Ukrainas parterländer: Russia Produces Artillery Shells Three Times Faster and Four Times Cheaper Than Ukraine's Western Allies

Förutom smideshanteringen av granatkropparna sätter tillgången på explosivämnen gränser för tillverkningen, något vi skrivit om åtskilliga gånger.

Ukrainas genomgående problem är att dess försvarsmakts slagstyrka är beroende av beslut om militärt stöd från andra länder, något som (bl.a.) belyses i denna BBC-artikel: Jeremy Bowen: Ukraine faces its worst crisis since the war began
I synnerhet som detta stöd genomgående karakteriserats av "för lite och för sent".

Det illustreras väl av det utdragna dröjsmålet i USA:s Representanthus, som inte kunde lösas upp innan Trump gav klartecken, och de följder detta medförde.

OSINTtechnical skrev:Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Ukrainian long-range attack drone reportedly hit a Russian Buk 9A310M1 TELAR roughly 100 km behind the front near Russian-occupied Melitopol.

The Russian SAM suffered a catastrophic ammunition detonation and a rare turret toss.

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 28 maj 2024 21:55 Eftersom Enceladus-kollektivet uppenbarligen har svårt med att läsa innantill upprepar jag vad jag skrivit tidigare: Hur vägen till ett kärnvapenkrig ser ut vet ingen, och vi får hoppas att vi aldrig behöver utforska den vägen heller.

Reuters skrev:A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion to cow the West into refusing to allow Ukraine to use its arms against targets inside Russia.

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Ukraine's leadership says it needs to be able to strike Russian forces and military targets inside Russia with long-range Western missiles to be able to defend itself and prevent air, missile and drone attacks, a view which has found some support among some Western countries but not yet with Washington.

Russia, which possesses the world's largest nuclear arsenal, has warned it would view such a step as a grave escalation that would pull NATO and the countries concerned into a direct conflict with Moscow, increasing the risk of nuclear war.

Washington Post skrev:While revealing that a change of course is under consideration, U.S. officials say the White House hasn’t yet made a decision. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss military matters, say Blinken’s comments carefully reflect where the administration is in the policymaking process. In public, Blinken rarely gets ahead of where the president is comfortable going, the officials said.

After Blinken’s comments, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby reiterated administration policy against attacks on Russian soil using U.S. weapons but left open the possibility that it could change.

“Our support to Ukraine has evolved appropriately as the battlefield conditions have evolved, and that’s not going to change, but right now, there’s also no change to our policy,” he said.

Washington Post skrev:Washington has conveyed its concerns to Kyiv about two attempted attacks over the last week against radar stations that provide conventional air defense as well as warning of nuclear launches by the West. At least one strike in Armavir, in Russia’s southeastern Krasnodar region, appeared to have caused some damage.

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The perception issue is likely fueled by “an erroneous conviction that Ukraine’s targeting is directed by Washington,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, security analyst and chairman of Silverado think tank. “But that means attacks by Kyiv on Russian nuclear deterrence infrastructure has potential to trigger a perilous escalation with the West. At the end of the day, nuclear command and control and early-warning sites should be off-limits.''

Some analysts were puzzled at the targets: While Krasnodar is close enough to Ukraine to track missiles and drones, the radar station near Orsk is focused on the Middle East and China, they said.

Asked why they would target a site so far away, the Ukrainian official asserted that Russia “switched all of its capabilities for war against Ukraine.”

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 19:27 där ryssarna inte bara rampar upp sin egen produktion, utan även försöker störa uppköpsinitiativ som det tjeckiska

Reuters skrev:Kopecny said the Czechs so far had payments or firm commitments for around 1.7 billion euros from 15 donor countries, which was enough for half a million rounds to be delivered by the end of the year.

About 20 countries have pledged to take part in the Czech initiative, but only five have so far delivered payments, he said - Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal and Canada, with Germany leading the pack.

"We have the five who are dedicated enough and fast enough, then we have 10 who are dedicated enough, have clear commitment ... and then we have a few who have not shown much of an action," he said.

The New Voice of Ukraine skrev:The first tens of thousands of ammunition units will be delivered to Ukraine in early June, with the country expected to receive the first batch in the coming days.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said earlier that the funds collected to date would be enough to purchase 500,000 units of ammunition by the end of 2024.

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The plan is believed to involve spending about $2 billion to purchase shells from South Africa and South Korea, a Ukrainian military representative told NV.

The New Voice of Ukraine skrev:The ferries Conroe Trader and Avangard were both damaged by debris from the reportedly intercepted ATACMS missiles, with the latter running aground. One crew member of the Conroe Trader underwent surgery for injuries, while four crew members of the Avangard were injured, including two 19-year-old interns.

In addition, four KC 701 Coast Guard patrol boats, Tunets (Tuna) project, were damaged in the attack with Magura V5 naval drones. Earlier in the day, NV source in the Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) reported a successful attack on at least two patrol boats in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

That same morning, Astra reported the sinking of the Russian pilot boat Mechta (Dream) in the Ukrainian attack.

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 21:32 Kofman har tidigare påstått att Ukraina har bättre patrullrobotar än iranska Shahed. Nu verkar landet dessutom ha bättre patrullrobotar än ryska Lancet:

OSINTtechnical skrev:Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Ukrainian long-range attack drone reportedly hit a Russian Buk 9A310M1 TELAR roughly 100 km behind the front near Russian-occupied Melitopol.

The Russian SAM suffered a catastrophic ammunition detonation and a rare turret toss.

Vilken otrolig räckvidd! Kan det ha varit partisaner?

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 21:32

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 28 maj 2024 21:55 Eftersom Enceladus-kollektivet uppenbarligen har svårt med att läsa innantill upprepar jag vad jag skrivit tidigare: Hur vägen till ett kärnvapenkrig ser ut vet ingen, och vi får hoppas att vi aldrig behöver utforska den vägen heller.

Think tank close to Kremlin says Russia should consider a 'demonstrative' nuclear explosion

Reuters skrev:A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion to cow the West into refusing to allow Ukraine to use its arms against targets inside Russia.

[...]

Ukraine's leadership says it needs to be able to strike Russian forces and military targets inside Russia with long-range Western missiles to be able to defend itself and prevent air, missile and drone attacks, a view which has found some support among some Western countries but not yet with Washington.

Russia, which possesses the world's largest nuclear arsenal, has warned it would view such a step as a grave escalation that would pull NATO and the countries concerned into a direct conflict with Moscow, increasing the risk of nuclear war.

Att ropa varg i tid och otid kan ha en avtrubbande effekt. Exempelvis tas kärnvapenskramlet i Nordkorea inte på stort allvar. Är det samma sak med Ryssland?

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 21:32 Ukraine setbacks nudge Biden toward allowing use of U.S. weapons in Russia

Washington Post skrev:While revealing that a change of course is under consideration, U.S. officials say the White House hasn’t yet made a decision. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss military matters, say Blinken’s comments carefully reflect where the administration is in the policymaking process. In public, Blinken rarely gets ahead of where the president is comfortable going, the officials said.

After Blinken’s comments, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby reiterated administration policy against attacks on Russian soil using U.S. weapons but left open the possibility that it could change.

“Our support to Ukraine has evolved appropriately as the battlefield conditions have evolved, and that’s not going to change, but right now, there’s also no change to our policy,” he said.

USA låter fortfarande inte Ukraina använda amerikanska vapen mot mål inne i Ryssland. Däremot får Ukraina använda danska F-16-plan för detta ändamål!

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 22:01 Pengar luktar inte. Väst har betydligt mer pengar än Ryssland, men ändå får Ryssland en chans att slåss om granaterna. Använd de frysta ryska tillgångarna!

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 22:01 Ukraine's night attack hits seven Russian vessels in occupied Kerch

The New Voice of Ukraine skrev:The ferries Conroe Trader and Avangard were both damaged by debris from the reportedly intercepted ATACMS missiles, with the latter running aground. One crew member of the Conroe Trader underwent surgery for injuries, while four crew members of the Avangard were injured, including two 19-year-old interns.

In addition, four KC 701 Coast Guard patrol boats, Tunets (Tuna) project, were damaged in the attack with Magura V5 naval drones. Earlier in the day, NV source in the Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) reported a successful attack on at least two patrol boats in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

That same morning, Astra reported the sinking of the Russian pilot boat Mechta (Dream) in the Ukrainian attack.

Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 30 maj 2024 21:32 U.S. concerned about Ukraine strikes on Russian nuclear radar stations

Washington Post skrev:Washington has conveyed its concerns to Kyiv about two attempted attacks over the last week against radar stations that provide conventional air defense as well as warning of nuclear launches by the West. At least one strike in Armavir, in Russia’s southeastern Krasnodar region, appeared to have caused some damage.

[...]

The perception issue is likely fueled by “an erroneous conviction that Ukraine’s targeting is directed by Washington,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, security analyst and chairman of Silverado think tank. “But that means attacks by Kyiv on Russian nuclear deterrence infrastructure has potential to trigger a perilous escalation with the West. At the end of the day, nuclear command and control and early-warning sites should be off-limits.''

Some analysts were puzzled at the targets: While Krasnodar is close enough to Ukraine to track missiles and drones, the radar station near Orsk is focused on the Middle East and China, they said.

Asked why they would target a site so far away, the Ukrainian official asserted that Russia “switched all of its capabilities for war against Ukraine.”

Som väntat är Biden-administrationen byxrädd medan resten av världen synar bluffen. Hur många röda linjer har överskridits hittills? Kina tackar och tar emot!

dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 31 maj 2024 8:45 Det som är intressant i sammanhanget är om Ukraina nu har tillgång till ATACMS M48 eller M57, dvs. med en WAU-23/B stridsladdning.

Ukrainska Pravda skrev:The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Neptune missiles hit the ferry crossing and oil terminal at Port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar Krai on the night of 30-31 May.

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The General Staff emphasised that the so-called "modern" and "effective" Russian air defence system was once again powerless against Ukrainian missiles and unmanned vehicles and failed to protect important facilities used for logistics and supply of the Russian army.

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For reference: The Port of Kavkaz is the fifth largest port in the Russian Federation by cargo turnover and the second largest port in the Black Sea-Azov basin after the port of Novorossiysk.